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NETHERLANDS. Luxury goods specialist Gassan this week marked 50 years of trading at Amsterdam Airport Schiphol. The company opened on 14 September 1967 with five staff initially. Today it is one of the leading diamond merchants in the airport market. It runs 17 shops and has over 200 employees at Schiphol. Gassan said its own […]
AUSTRALIA. Melbourne Airport today revealed its elegant and ambitious luxury precinct, alongside an upgraded dining offer, at the International Terminal (T2). The T2 transformation aims to offer retail and F&B experiences to rival those at any airport in the world, according to Melbourne Airport. Today marks the culmination of a A$50 million investment which features […]
UK/UAE. This year’s Dubai Duty Free Irish Open Hosted by the Rory Foundation will have a vastly increased prize fund having become part of the Rolex Series. The US$7 million prize fund is up more than US$4.4 million compared to 2016, according to Dubai Duty Free. Dubai Duty Free Executive Vice Chairman and CEO Colm […]
SINGAPORE. The stunning new Terminal 4 at Singapore Changi Airport opened today, led by a striking consumer and commercial offer, a strong Sense of Place and innovative use of technology. The first flight from Cathay Pacific landed at 05.25 this morning, with Korean Air the other airline user on day one. In coming days they […] more
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Crown Shenanigans: Modern divers almost always have a conservatively-sized crown protected on either side by crown guards. But back in the day, dive watch crowns were another area where brands could show off. Sometimes they’d go with a huge crown, often there would be no crown guards, and some watches used a two crown system — one for winding and setting the time, and another for adjusting an inner-rotating bezel. These old crown styles are now finding newfound popularity thanks to vintage-style dive watches.
A relative newcomer on the microbrand scene, NYC-based Lorier has quickly established a signature design language that’s seen across their entire line of watches. And this, their original model, is what set the tone. By using vintage Omegas, Rolexes, and Tudors as inspiration, Lorier crafted a unique design that became an instant classic. With a generously-domed acrylic crystal, thin aluminum bezel, and arrow hands, the Neptune looks like it dove right out of the ‘60s. more
As one of the few independently-owned Swiss watch brands, Oris has to be more cautious than most with respect to the kinds of watches they put out. But they certainly made the right call a few years ago when they released this reissue of a 1965 Oris dive watch. Like the Rado above, this Divers Sixty-Five is available in about a million different variations — there’s even a chronograph — but we’re partial to the 40mm original with its toothy black skindiver bezel and oh-so-funky Arabic indices in vintage-colored lume. [links]
Watch styles ebb and flow. In the ‘70s and ‘80s, integrated bracelet sports watches were all the rage. Then they were persona non grata for several decades, and now they’re hot as can be again. Dive watches, on the other hand, have remained consistently popular since they first appeared in the 1950s. But as dive watches have grown more and more modern, there’s been a real desire among watch collectors to get back to the basics of dive watch designs that were popular in the mid-twentieth century. And as a result, we’ve been in the middle of a massive vintage-style dive watch boom over the past few years. But what are the best vintage-style dive watches?
In 2014 Rolex released a special version of the model, the Rolex Deepsea with a D-blue dial, to commemorate James Cameron’s historic solo dive to the bottom of the Mariana Trench, some 11,000 metres deep. From twilight blue to bottomless black, its two-colour gradient dial celebrates one man’s journey to the deepest place on Earth.
The Sea-Dweller’s 60-minute graduated, unidirectional rotatable bezel enables divers to safely monitor their dive and decompression times. It is equipped with a patented black Cerachrom bezel insert manufactured by Rolex in a virtually scratchproof and corrosion proof ceramic whose colour is unaffected by ultraviolet rays. The graduation is coated via PVD (Physical Vapour Deposition) with a thin layer of platinum. more
No other watch is engineered like the Rolex Deepsea. Waterproof to an extreme depth of 3,900 metres (12,800 feet), this new-generation divers’ watch benefits from exclusive innovations developed by Rolex to exceed the most exacting demands of professional divers. [links]
For excellent legibility in dark conditions, the sleek black dial features large Chromalight hour markers and hands filled with luminescent material that emits a long-lasting blue glow.
Rolex Skydweller Ref. 326934 Courtesy of Bob's Watches here
We asked Altieri for his recommendations on the best Rolex models to collect, from a beginner’s piece to the reference that will affirm your status as a collecting king. You can find at least one of each at Bob’s Watches—except, of course, the one that belongs in Altieri’s own vault.
But Altieri says there are still some that get away, like a Rolex Ref. 6536. He already owns 8 of them, but this one had a red depth rating on the dial…
Rolex Daytona Ref. 116500 Courtesy of Bob's Watches more
In certain circles, this Rolex is considered a grail watch. And let’s be frank, if you’re just beginning to collect you’re likely not going to start with this million dollar baby. If you’re already looking ahead to the future however, this could be one of your end-goals in Rolex collecting. [links]